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qch de nouveau et d’original

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a novelty

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une personne odieuse

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an obnoxious person

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un ennui

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a nuisance (All this paper work is a nuisance!)

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une nuisance sonore

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a noise pollution

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C’est embêtant

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It’s a nuisance

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vivre, évoluer dans un environnement formateur

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to live in a nurturing environment

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On peut opposer ma nature et la culture

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We can oppose nature and nurture

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un serment

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an oath

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prêter serment

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to take/swear an oath

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être témoin assermenté

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to be Under oath

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pousser un juron

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to utter an oath

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se reproduire

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to recur

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Environ 50 personnes

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50-odd people

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IL est peu probable qu’il obtienne un deuxième mandat

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The odds are agaisnt his winning a second term

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remplir ses fonctions

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to hold office

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quitter ses fonctions

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to go out of office

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en perspective

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in the offing (There are few jobs in the offing for science graduates)

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une nouvelle branche, ramification, conséquence

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Evangelicalism is an offshoot of Christianity

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une conséquence positive

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a positive offshoot

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une nappe de pétrole

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an oil slick

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un gisement de pétrole

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an oïl deposit

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OPEP

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Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

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un médiateur

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an ombudsman

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négocier un accord

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to broker

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de mauvais augure, menaçant
ominous (cloud)
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un présage
an omen
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évincer, forcer à démissioner
to oust
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un paria, un proscrit
The jobless feel like social outcasts
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Mon passeport n'est plus valide
My passport is out of date
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surpasser, dépasser un concurrent
to outdo
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se surpasser
to outdo / outstrip oneself
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devenir trop grand pour (des vêtements), ne plus avoir besoin
to outgrow (Teenagers often feel they have outgrown the need for parents)
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un hors-la-loi
an outlaw
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une sortie, une issue
an outlet
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perspectives, débouchés d'emploi
job outlets
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une prise de courant
an electrical outlet
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un point de vente
a sales outlet
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un magasin d'usine
a factory outlet
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un contour, un tracé, un plan
The outline of the Eiffel Tower
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exposer les grandes lignes
to outline
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les grandes lignes
the broad outline
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survivre à
to outlive
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produire, mettre sur le marché
to put out
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atrocité, crime, acte monstrueux
an outrage
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scandaleux, choquant
outrageous
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être outré
to be outraged
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Il a dit carrément ce qu'il pensait
He spoke his mind outright
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Il est totalement opposé à la privatisation
He 's an outright/downright opponent of privatization
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un total imbécile
an outright/downright fool
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franc, sans ambiguïté, qui ne mâche pas ses mots
an outspoken opponent, to answer in an outspoken manner
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non encore réglé ou résolu, impayé
outstanding problems, accounts
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une vue d'ensemble
an overall view
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d'un point de vue général
generally speaking, from an overall/global point of view
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succomber à
to overcome by (joy, fear)
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un découvert bancaire
an overdraft
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réviser complétement, vérifier, réparer (une machine), refondre
to overhaul a car, a law, social structures
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tirer, traîner, transporter
to haul
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Un avion vrombit très bas au-dessus de notre tête
the army planes zoomed low overhead
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vroum
zoum!
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frais généraux
overhead/running expenses
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se chevaucher, coïncider
to overlap
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négliger
to overlook
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Je suis rester toute la nuit avec des amis
I stayed overnight with friends
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pendant la nuit
overnight
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du jour au lendemain
overnight
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l'emporter sur, casser une décision
to override
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primordial
overriding
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rattraper (une entreprise)
to overtake
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heures supp
overtime
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emploi à temps partiel/ à plein temps
a part-time/ full-time job
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être confus
to be overwhelmed
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reconnaître, avouer son tort
to own up to (having taken drugs)
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arpenter
to pace up and down
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primordial
paramount
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se séparer de
to part with
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quitter qn
to part from sbdy
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faire part de qch , transmettre
to impart (knowledge, traditions)
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un bienfaiteur, un sponsor
a patron
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un mécène
a patron of the arts
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un client régulier
a patron
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parrainage
patronage
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la clientèle
restaurant's patronage
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la patronat
employers
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être client de
to patronize
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le café a une clientèle en grande partie composée d'intellectuelles
the café is patronized largely by intellectuals
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traiter avec condescendance
to patronize
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une pénurie, un manque
a paucity
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une feuille de paie
a payslip
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une société de 30 employés
a company with a payroll of 30
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congés payés
holdays with pay
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masse salariale
total payroll
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la charge (missile)
a payload
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rapporter, être rentable
to pay off
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kickback
payoff
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heures de pointe
peak hours/time
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prime time
peak time
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alimony
child support
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point de vue
from the perspective of
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avoir du recul
to keep things in perspective
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définir, identifier avec précision
to pin down

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